Transcript Slide 1

The National Environmental
Information Exchange
Network
Update
National Congress of American Indians
Exchange Network Tribal Meeting
Albuquerque, NM
March 24-25, 2009
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Today’s Topics
• Regional Strategies for Exchange
Network Implementation & National
System Flow Priorities
• Climate Change
• Node 2.0
• Tribal/EPA EIN Management &
Technology Council and Full EN
Implementation
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Regional Strategies for Exchange
Network Implementation
Vision for an Enhanced Regional Role with
the Exchange Network
• EPA Regions will foster connections and
communications with existing and potential
Network customers and promote regional
utilization of the Network.
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Exchange Network Regional
Strategic Actions
• Engage in Programmatic Outreach and Communication
• Convene Network Partners
• Continue to Participate Actively in Governance and
Administration
• Leverage the Unique Role of OEI Lead Region ENLC
Delegate
• Support Regional Utilization of the Exchange Network
• Continue Supporting Exchange Network Grant
Administration
• Leverage the Network for Other EPA Grant Program
• Establish Regions as Centers of Leadership
• Coordinate with Tribes and Engage Network Tribal
Participation
• Work with Network Governance to Implement the
Regional Strategy
More Info:
http://www.exchangenetwork.net/operations/enlc/EN_Regiona
lPlan_v1.0.doc
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National System Flow Priorities
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EPA’s “reinforced” emphasis to work with tribes & states on
concrete plans to flow data
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ECOS Resolution: State/EPA Commitment to Full Implementation of
EN Strategic Plan national system flows:
– Facility ID
– Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)
– Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
– Air Quality System (AQS)
– National Emissions Inventory (NEI)
– Beach Notification
– Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
– Air Facility System (AFS)
– Integrated Compliance Information System - National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES)
– Water Quality Exchange (WQX)
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Tribal Resolution: Tribal/EPA Commitment to implement targeted
flows (i.e., FRS, WQX, AQS, Open Dump for HIS/EPA)?
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State-EPA EIN Management &
Technology Council?
1. Collaborate on exchange of ideas/info to save agencies time &
money - more efficiently achieve future info management goals.
2. Provide forum to discuss current-future business & IT policy
including BMPs, resources, training and other critical issues
3. Participate in evaluation, funding, and development of new
management programs, technologies and applications.
4. Identify, discuss, and resolve key state and federal policy issues in
info management.
5. Solicit and provide input and recommendations into proposed
guidelines, rules, and decisions.
6. Engage broader group of organizations w/experience in
environmental info to interact with state agencies with primacy
for administering environmental programs and EPA
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Council Membership
Council Members - IT Division Managers, Information Resource
Division Managers, Information Systems Admins, CIOs, others
w/similar decision-making authority in states and EPA.
1. Council Membership with full voting privileges open to state
agencies with primacy for administering environmental
programs, EPA and tribes.
2. Multiple members are permitted from each State and each
program office in the EPA but voting is limited to
3. Voting members should designate an alternate to attend
Council meetings or vote in their absence.
4. Non-voting membership status is created for senior info tech
managers in other federal/state agencies, including, but not
limited to:
• State departments of health, natural resources, & ag
• CDC, DOI, USGS and NOAA
• Non-profit orgs - Association of State Drinking Water
Administrators (ASDWA), NCAI and Natureserve.
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Decision
• Do the tribes want to create something
similar?
– Tribal-EPA EIN Management &
Technology Council
• Does NCAI want to serve as the
“sponsoring” organization?
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Flow Costs – Tools for Thought
Return on Investment (ROI) and
Business Process Analysis Project
Michigan
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Washington
AQS
eDMR
SDWIS
TRI
AQS
RCRA
SDWIS
AQS
eDMR
RCRA
SDWIS
AQS
RCRA
TRI
Total Annual Operational Cost
Pre-EN ($/year)
$1,622,120
$1,266,519
$1,352,807
$311,560
Total Annual Operational Cost
Post-EN ($/year)
$834,407
$672,789
$710,181
$272,294
Initial Capital Investment ($)
$1,095,940
$845,233
$1,002,390
$139,422
Post-EN Annual Maintenance Cost
($/yr)
$107,983
$75,831
$105,609
$19,014
Post-EN Annual State Savings
($/year)
$679,730
$517,899
$537,017
$20,252
ROI Summary
Average ROI (5 year basis)
62%
61%
54%
15%
Payback period (years)
1.6
1.6
1.9
6.9
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Flow Costs – Tools for Thought
Economic Baseline Project
• Example Data Flow – Yurok Tribe
Design Phase
Development
Phase
Maintenance &
Support
Calculated Cost
Range Per Phase
$0 to $26,000
$0 to $42,000
$0 to $20,000
Actual Cost Per Phase
(from Survey)
$24,000
$12,000
$7,000
… More details on this tomorrow ….
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Climate Change
• EPA’s draft mandatory reporting rule for GHG reporting
from large GHG sources to develop carbon regulations
under either:
– carbon tax, or
– market-based, cap-and-trade program
• The GHG gas emissions covered:
– carbon dioxide (CO2),
– methane (CH4),
– nitrous oxide (N2O),
– hydrofluorocarbons (HFC),
– perfluorocarbons (PFC),
– sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) as well as other fluorinated
gases expressed mtCO2e
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Climate Change
• GHG emissions sources required for GHG emissions data
collection to begin 1/1/2010, w/annual reporting to EPA
starting 2011:
– All suppliers of specified industrial gases & fossil fuels.
– Manufacturers of vehicles and engines.
– Facilities emitting 25,000 mtCO2e or more GHG
emissions/yr
• EPA estimates ~ 13,000 facilities fall w/in rule scope,
w/power plants mentioned specifically.
• Public hearings in April w/public comment for 60 days.
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Climate Change
• EN working with TCR, California Climate Action Registry
(CCAR), EPA, several states to pilot exchange of GHG data
using Consolidated Emissions Reporting Schema (CERS)
– demonstrate data exchange of batch historical GHG data from
CCAR to TCR using EN nodes & client tools
– proof of concept for future flow of GHG emissions from
States/Provinces/Tribes to TCR
– explore using this data exchange to support voluntary batch
uploads data from business entities to TCR and EPA
• Windsor Solutions developed FCD, and has/will have
contract w/CA for flow testing
• ECOS to provide some level of funding
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Node 2.0 Summary of Features
Node 2.0 Feature Name
New to Node 2.0
Doc/Literal Encoding
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MTOM
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SOAP 1.2
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Parameter Encoding
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Sync. Status Response
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Upgrade from 1.1
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Expanded Status Response
NotificationURI
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Recipients
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Notify
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GetServices

Execute

Query Paging
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More on this topic tomorrow ….
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More Info?
Mike Beaulac
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Lansing, MI
[email protected]
517-241-7808
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